Teaching Strategies and Techniques

Consider how you will adapt your teaching strategies to interactive video

At many sites, students have Internet connected computers. This allows the instructors to use online course management systems like Blackboard while teaching CIV courses.

Pre-class strategies

Give students experience with the equipment

Encourage interaction between sites

Use warm-up activities

Beginning of class strategies

Informal roll-call

Ask questions/solicit answers from all sites

The Lesson

Preview/state objectives

Keep instructional segments short (chunking)

Provide various learning activities, just as you would in the regular classrooms

Plan with interaction in mind. Be aware that when you are teaching a CIV class broadcast to multiple campuses, you can see only one campus at a time. Therefore, plan various activities that will encourage and allow all sites to have a chance to participate.